Evidence that gender inequalities and restrictive norms adversely affect health is extensive;
however, far less research has focused on testing solutions. We first comprehensively …

Over the past two decades, we have seen an explosion in research on the topic of women's
empowerment and its related dimensions, yet there remains much to be done in terms of …

Rationale: A renewed focus on women's and girls' empowerment in the era of Sustainable
Development Goals reflects the belief that empowerment is central to health and …

Defining and measuring women's economic empowerment (WEE) has been at the centre of
the current debates among international development scholars and practitioners. The lack of …

Using data from two culturally distinct locales, Bangladesh and Ghana, we investigate
whether men and women who report sole decision making in a particular domain …

Ending poverty is a top priority of the international development agenda, and governments
worldwide have attached great importance to poverty alleviation measures. However …

Rationale Women's empowerment is a UN Sustainable Development Goal and a focus of
global health and development but survey measures and data on gender empowerment …

Given the mixed evidence on whether women's economic and social empowerment is
beneficial or not for reducing intimate partner violence (IPV), we explored the relationship …

Both women and men are involved in agriculture globally, although their roles differ
significantly by region and are changing rapidly. Gender shapes access to productive …

BACKGROUND Women's economic empowerment (WEE) has attracted high-level policy
interest, and is recognized as a central, cross-cutting outcome, and the cornerstone for …